"Goodbye sabots, hello multi-basing" Topic

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TacticalPainter01	01 Jul 2026 2:28 a.m. PST
A tale of a personal gaming journey from single basing to sabots to multi basing. Nothing new here, but an interesting journey for me. Having tried to embrace and work with sabots I've eventually decided to ditch them altogether. The full blog post is here: Goodbye sabots, hello multi-basing How it started: How it progressed: How it's ended:
79thPA	01 Jul 2026 4:34 a.m. PST
A well reasoned solution.
korsun0	01 Jul 2026 5:43 a.m. PST
A splendid article, and for me a timely one as I was pondering a similar conundrum. You've solved the problem for me.
Alakamassa	01 Jul 2026 5:44 a.m. PST
I solved the gap problem by using 3/4" washers and making different sabots for open and close order. Sabots still beat multi basing when it comes to speeding up play. I still use multi basing for 15mm
greenknight4	01 Jul 2026 6:46 a.m. PST
I too do this. My figures are 40mm 3D prints. I base them on 1" metal washers. I have 4 and 6 figure stands. This allows many configurations. I have my sabot bases custom cut by Allen Wright (AJ). Here is a photo of the British Army set up for Cowpens using Light Bobs 250. I have labeled all the units with text. dayofbattlegames.com
greenknight4	01 Jul 2026 6:51 a.m. PST
BTW @TacticalPainter01 Excellent idea, paint job and basing :)